1 I'm sorry... I actually shot a little beer thru my nose when I read this. I think a relevant point to bring up is this: anyone else notice that Islamofascism is just about the only quasi-religion/political system that does NOT have a sense of humor? True, this joke was probably in bad taste, at worst, but one thing that almost every other civilization on our planet has in common is the ability to laugh at something, even in the direst of circumstances. Remember the post 9/11 moratorium on comedy? It was excruciating! I felt so good when David Letterman (easy now, not getting into his politics here!) finally broke out and addressed the tragedy and "got on with the show", in order to get back to a sense of normality. Same with Rudi hosting Saturday Night Live, and one of my favorites, The Onion and their hilarious "Hijackers In Hell" edition. The American people have persevered through many tough times by being able to find an outlet through humor, whether frivolous or dark, in order to get "back on track". Riddle me this: if you were a citizen of Syria, Iran, Iraq, or many Indonesian Islamic countries, just how many times per day or week do you think you would actually laugh out loud? Unless I'm missing something, I don't think very many...

2 OK, call me insensitive, but I just shot beer thru my nose when I read this. Those silly Scots, gotta love em! This brings to light something I think is very telling about our Islamofascist neighbors on this planet - anyone notice they don't have a sense of humor?? At ALL?? Our country specifically has used humor, both frivolous and dark, to get us through trying times in our history. I stood up and cheered when Letterman finally came back on the air post 9/11 (politics aside, here!), and initially spewed his feelings of the events, and basically declared that it was time to crack a joke or two. Same with Rudi hosting Saturday Night Live a few weeks later. The Brits and Scots are a bit drier in their comedy, but the same spirit ensues there. In fact, every other civilization on the friggin' planet can find the time to crack a joke to ease the tension of the moment, and not take umbrage to the extent that they want to saw people's heads off. VERY telling, if you ask me...

3 ...sorry for the dual posing - my first one got an error, and so I reprised in a second posting. Arrggh... But dammit, I think it's funny!

4 >>>It is simply not politically prudent in the United Kingdom to speak ill of terrorists. Why, of course not. That would be "racist."

5 I just thought it was in poor taste.

6 Hm ... Yeah ..... the roast beef was good though.

7 God forbid we make a joke about Islamic FacistsÂ… donÂ’t want to make the terrorists angry! Who knows when one of them might show up in one of our driveways with long sabers or shot guns with dirty turbans and masks. Anyone notice the paralles between our attitudes towards Hilter in the 1930Â’s and the Islamic Facists of today. DonÂ’t make jokes, donÂ’t make them angryÂ… itÂ’s just make it worse. Give them what they want and maybe theyÂ’ll go awaw! DonÂ’t do anything to offend them and maybe theyÂ’ll leave us alone! Because of this attitude, theyÂ’re laughing at us while we prove to them we really are cowards.

8 Did you try the potatoes au Gratin?

9 Hey, it made me laugh.

10 I've linked to you here: http://consul-at-arms.blogspot.com/2006/04/re-cop-chief-blunders-with-joke-on.html

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